Out of the East : spices and the medieval imagination / Paul Freedman ; designed by Nancy Ovedovitz.

The demand for spices in medieval Europe was huge, and inspired geographical and commercial exploration as traders pursued pepper, cinnamon, ambergris etc. Ultimately, the spice quest led to imperial missions that would change the world forever. This book not only looks at the trade, but at the uses...

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Glavni autor: Freedman, Paul, 1949- (Autor)
Daljnji autori: Ovedovitz, Nancy (Dizajner)
Format: e-knjiga
Jezik:English
Izdano: New Haven [Connecticut] ; London [England] : Yale University Press, 2008.
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Online pristup:Click for online access
Sadržaj:
  • Spices and medieval cuisine
  • Medicine : spices as drugs
  • The odors of paradise
  • Trade and prices
  • Scarcity, abundance, and profit
  • "That damned pepper" : spices and moral danger
  • Searching for the realms of spices
  • Finding the realms of spices : Portugal and Spain.